§ MAJOR NOLANasked the Under Secretary of State for India, What was the proportion to each thousand of the fighting men ordered to embark from India, of the non-combatants attached under the heads of transport, supply, or hospital services, or as camp followers, including dhooly bearers, bheesties, syces, and servants?
§ MR. E. STANHOPESir, the proportion of non-combatants to combatants is, as nearly as possible, 380 per 1,000 men. We have no precise details; but the non-combatants include the whole hospital establishment, ambulance, and sick carriage on the line of march and in the field, and also the whole of the regimental transport for the cavalry. None of the rank and file returned as combatants are withdrawn for any non-combatant duties.